#The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

[demifiendrsa]

Three Thousand Years of Longing | Official Trailer

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[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

I told my mom about this movie and she's enjoying it.

One more enjoyable movie together before this cancer removal and chemo journey begins.

But one more nice movie for us.

[moonybadger]

Is there anyone else out there who both read "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" AND watched the movie "Three Thousand Years of Longing" who I can complain to about the movie making Alithea care WAY more about her boring ex-husband then she ever did in the original short story? And for taking out what her original first wish was? Because I'm still annoyed about both of those story decisions.

[stanleyscubrick]

[randomrichards]

THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING:

Scholar and a Djinn

Tell tales of wishes gone wrong

What is it they need?

[tinyreviews]

The story would be better if they setup that Alithea was yearning for love and companionship from the start.

I like that the ending is a play on “set them free and if they love you, they will return”. But even this is a contrivance, they could have easily moved from England and lived happily ever after.

Three Thousand Years of Longing is a 2022 fantasy romantic drama film directed by George Miller and starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. Miller wrote the screenplay with Augusta Gore, adapting the 1994 short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by A. S. Byatt.

[theamazingstories]

TILDA SWINTON in CONSTANTINE and 3000 YEARS OF LONGING

TILDA SWINTON in CONSTANTINE and 3000 YEARS OF LONGING

Figure 1 – Tilda Swinton I probably saw her in something else previous, like Broken Flowers, with Bill Murray, but I first really noticed Tilda Swinton in the fan-spurned movie Constantine (2005), with Keanu Reeves, where she played the angel Gabriel. I really noticed her in the non-genre movie Michael Clayton (2007), with George Clooney and Tom Wilkinson, where her performance was so good—her…

[goodjohnjr]

Three Thousand Years Of Longing

Three Thousand Years Of Longing

File: Thousand Years of Longing.jpegDescription: This is a poster for Three Thousand Years of Longing. What Is It? The 2022 fantasy movie, Three Thousand Years Of Longing. THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING | Official Trailer | MGM Studios Three Thousand Years of Longing Featurette – The Djinn and the Genius (2022) This is how the IMDB describes this movie: Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is…

[geekcavepodcast]

Three Thousand Years of Longing Trailer

Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba star MGM’s Three Thousand Years of Longing is based on A.S. Byatt’s short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye.” The film is directed by George Miller from a screenplay by Miller and Augusta Gore.  

Alithea Binnie (Swinton) takes a trip to Istanbul where she buys a bottle. Said bottle contains a djinn (Elba) who offers her three wishes. As Binnie notes, though, “There is no story about wishing that is not a cautionary tale.”

Three Thousand Years of Longing hits theaters in Summer 2022.

[mostlyghostie]

Fantasy Recommendations Wanted

I already have 28 unread books to read before I purchase anything else, nevertheless, I want some very specific recommendations on fantasy books!

I have enjoyed lots of fantasy in the past (Pratchett being the bridge for ten year old me from kid books to non-kid books before the age of YA) but 99% of the books shelved in a bookshop Fantasy/Sci-Fi section leave me cold.

My absolute favourite fantasy novels are:

The His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman

The Earthsea series by Ursula LeGuin

Little, Big by John Crowley

Lud in the Mist by Hope Mirless

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by AS Byatt

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

Both of Susanna Clarke’s novels (Piranesi and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel)

The Once and Future King by TH White

Also, not a novel, but Jim Henson’s The Storyteller series is the epitome of fairytale storytelling as far as I’m concerned, where everything happens after a year and a day or in a week with two Sundays or to a seventh son of a seventh son. The story The Luck Child in particular still makes me well up.

The issue is, that although I absolutely adore those books listed above, that’s about as far as it goes, almost everything else I try does nothing for me. I’ve read all of Pratchett, Gaiman and Tolkien too and enjoy them (The Watch books, Troll Bridge and The Hobbit being my favourite of each). I like the first few Robin Hobb books, I like the bits I choose to like from Narnia, I liked the first Scott Lynch book and I liked/detested The Magicians series in equal measure.

So, what am I missing? I much prefer whimsy to grizzled be-stubbled men with a grudge, I much prefer a magic system to be based on endearing nonsense rather than maths and physics and if I’ve not listed a major series/trilogy of some kind then I’ve probably tried and not liked it. I’m not particularly interested in YA (a personal preference rather than a value judgment!)

Recommendations gleefully accepted!

[cafeleningrad]

23 Books in 2023

@mrs-storm-andrews tagged me a while ago to name 23 books I read this year. This year was rather rocky, so no 23 book titles, reading thoroughly wasn't really in the cards for several months. However here are some titles for fun reading the endless titles for studies don't count...

Getrude and Claudius by John Updyke

Posession by Antionia S. Byatt

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by Antonia S. Byatt

Butter by Yuzuki Asako (Personal favourite!)

Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann (also a personal favourite)

Sisi by Karen Duve

Травля, the Hunt by Sasha Filipenko

zur See! by Dörte Hansen

Djamilja by Cingiz Aijtmatov (however the names are latinized in English...)

the white ship by Cingiz Aijtmatov

Miss Smilla's sense for snow by Peter Høeg

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Susanne Collins

the Bloody Chamber and other stories by Angela Carter

House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski

Lapvona by Otessa Moshfeg

la Belle sauvage by Phillip Pullmann

other people's clothes by Calla Henkel

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisnero

the big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

honourable mentions of BD and manga: re-read of le Chat du Rabbin (defintie recommendation), Dungeon Meshi, re-read of the entire Noragami series, and part 3 of my lesbian experience with loneliness by Nagata Kabi

honourable mention of Ephraim Kishon's shorts as they never fail to make me laugh.

Next up, if anyone would like to share their favourite titles from this year: @bookwyrrn, @maddenedbythesstars, @thewitch-2077, @bengalaas. @moviestorian, @quimaera, @frederick-the-great, @bigre-fichtre, @nikita-not-nikola, @ante--meridiem, @historia-vitae-magpie, @rainhalydia, @janiedean, @devilinthebox

[theinquisitxor]

November Reading Wrap-Up

November was a great reading month for me, and I read 10 books this month, which is well above average. I read a several new releases, and continued on with a new favorite series.

1.Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore (4.5/5 stars): This is the next book of the Graceling Realms series, and follows Hava as the main character. An arctic and seafaring setting are two of my favorite things, and this book had both. I also found parts of this emotional and there was a theme of disability and motherhood. And more of the wonderful blue foxes. I felt like Cashore's writing reflected Hava's pov and mind, which was interesting to read. ya-fantasy

2.The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (5/5 stars, audiobook): This was my annual reread of one of my all time favorites. The audiobook is superb and if you haven't read this yet, what are you waiting for? young-adult

3.Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell (3.75/5 stars): This was one of my most anticipated books of the year. This is a sci-fi set in the same universe as Winter's Orbit but in a very different place. This has do with the military, mind control, coups, and romance. mlm adult sci-fi

4.A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger (3/5 stars): This is a middle grade book about a Lipan girl and a group of animal people from the world of spirits. More ace rep, real world issues, and a good story. middle grade

5.A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner (3.5/5 stars) book 4 in the queen's thief series. Enjoyable, but not quite at the level as the previous two were. Following a different character and his development and growth. ya fantasy

6.The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake (4.5/5 stars): Sequel to The Atlas Six, and I found this one so entertaining and I could not put it down. I enjoyed this one more than the first book, and I eagerly anticipate the third. adult fantasy

7.Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance (1.5/5 stars) Admittedly, I sort of hate read this. Which I never do, but I decided to read this mainly because I read What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte over the summer, and Catte's book is a response to this. I wanted to have a better understanding of why books like Hillbilly Elegy are detrimental to the people actively doing work in the Appalachian region and beyond. memior

8. Sistersong by Lucy Holland (4.5/5 stars): I enjoyed this book much more than I thought I would at first. Lovely medieval Briton world, trans main character, pagan magic, and external threats. I had a good time reading this one. historical fantasy

9.Thick As Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (5/5 stars) Book 5 of the queen's thief series. My favorite so far, and I was thoroughly wowed by this book. I love the two main characters so much and I was rooting for them and their relationship the whole time. Features a travel narrative and epic poetry, so of course I loved it. ya fantasy

10.The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt (3/5 stars): This is a collection of fairy tale short stories by one of my favorite authors. Some of the stories I liked more than others. literary fiction

December reading plans:

queen's thief 6

Moon Witch, Spider King (dark star #2) by Marlon James

Another AS Byatt

A nonfiction

[brokehorrorfan]

Three Thousand Years of Longing will be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 15 via Warner Bros. The 2022 fantasy-drama film is currently available on VOD.

George Miller (Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road) directs from a script he co-wrote with Augusta Gore, based on A.S. Byatt's 1994 short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye." Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton star.

No special features are included.

Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic, a creature of reason. While in Istanbul, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. At first, she doubts that he is real and she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. But the Djinn pleads his case, and eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both!

Pre-order Three Thousand Years of Longing.

[stanleyscubrick]

the djinn in the nightingale’s eye

[moonybadger]

I am still so flabbergasted that there’s a movie adaptation of “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye“ and that it’s directed by George Miller, like holy hell. I thought only me and mom even knew/cared about that collection of short stories.

[tengomilpalabrasparati]

"Tres mil años esperándote"

"Tres mil años esperándote" es, en realidad, una auténtica lección de narratología, ambientada entre Estambul y Londres, aunque las historias que cuenta el djinn ocurren, en general, en el mundo árabe (muy sugerente y, al mismo tiempo, cinéfila resulta la de Salomón y la reina de Saba).

George Miller y su coguionista Augusta Gore adaptan la novela de A.S. Byatt ‘The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye’, una colección de cuentos vertebrados por el viaje de la Dra. Alithea Binnie, especializa en "narratología", que estudia la estructura narrativa. En medio de una conferencia en Estambul compra una botella de vidrio en un Bazar y luego la limpia con su cepillo de dientes eléctrico en su habitación de hotel, lo que hace que aparezca un djinn, interpretado por Idris Elba que se ofrece a concederle los tres deseos tradicionales, pero Alithea, que extrañamente no se inmuta ya que ha leído mucho como para saber que los genios pueden ser engañosos y los deseos siempre peligrosos.

Mientras se decide, ambos esperan con albornoces  y él recuerda las veces anteriores en que fue liberado de su botella, con lo que la película retrocede a varias historias sobre sultanes tontos, príncipes enojados y concubinas astutas a lo largo de los siglos. Resulta que el djinn se mete repetidamente en problemas al tratar de ayudar a las mujeres, y de alguna manera Alithea se convertirá en una nueva prueba para él. En general, el núcleo está fuertemente influenciados por ‘Las mil y una noches’ en la que Scherezade busca entretener a un tirano para evitar que le mate.

"Tres mil años esperándote" es, claro, una película sobre el arte de contar historias, que ofrece, por un lado, la tradición oral representada por el genio, y, por otro, el análisis narratológico practicado por una doctora en literatura.

El djinn pertenece al mundo del mito, pero la experta en literatura se mueve en el mundo del logos, el de la razón como principio racional de todo.

Al final, lo que encontramos es un duelo entre dos personajes muy interesantes, interpretados, además, por dos grandísimos actores a los que no resulta tan fácil ver en papeles protagonistas.

Idris Elba tiene una presencia física imponente; Tilda Swinton compone un personaje con más aristas y secretos que el propio djinn. En definitiva, este relato de relatos, este cuento de cuentos, como el Decamerón, "Las mil y una noches" o "Los cuentos de Canterbury", encierra a sus protagonistas en un lugar concreto (hortus conclusus), en este caso, una habitación de hotel, y es la propia narración la que nos va llevando de un lugar a otro, de un siglo a otro, de un relato a otro…

Ya desde su propio planteamiento, "Tres mil años esperándote" parece una película de otra época, no tanto “un clásico” como una “película antigua”, pero el interesante despliegue visual de las historias contadas, saturado y colorista (que abusa de lo digital, eso sí), contrasta con la habitación de hotel y los albornoces que lucen los protagonistas.

Una película "diferente" que te mantendrá atent@ a las narrativas del djinn 👍👍👍